Smh at this...man zurdo I guess wants to be enrolled at the winky Wright school of business lol
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Smh at this...man zurdo I guess wants to be enrolled at the winky Wright school of business lol
Kownacki-Helenius Likely For March 7 At Barclays Center
By Keith Idec
Published On Thu Jan 9, 2020, 10:33 AM EST
Adam Kownacki hopes to challenge Deontay Wilder for the WBC heavyweight title one day at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.
For now, the popular Polish contender will settle for facing a veteran heavyweight with the same ambition as him. BoxingScene.com has learned that Brooklyn’s Kownacki and Finland’s Robert Helenius have agreed to meet in the main event of a March 7 card at Barclays Center.
The completion of the deal depends upon approval from FOX, which would televise Kownacki-Helenius as the headliner of a three-bout broadcast. American Dominic Breazeale (20-2, 18 KOs) and Germany’s Christian Hammer (25-6, 15 KOs) also were considered before Helenius (29-3, 18 KOs) was chosen as Kownacki’s opponent.
This will mark the fifth straight fight at Barclays Center for Kownacki, who has developed a considerable fan base at his hometown arena. In his last appearance there, the 30-year-old Kownacki (20-0, 15 KOs) beat veteran heavyweight Chris Arreola (38-6-1, 33 KOs, 1 NC) by 12-round unanimous decision in an entertaining slugfest August 3.
Helenius’ handlers had been negotiating for him to fight former WBO champ Joseph Parker (26-2, 20 KOs), a fight DAZN would’ve streamed as part of the Mikey Garcia-Jessie Vargas undercard February 29 from Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Instead, Helenius opted to box Kownacki.
In his most recent fight, the 6-feet-6 Helenius bounced back from a knockout loss to Gerald Washington. Helenius beat Brazil’s Mateus Osorio (9-5, 9 KOs) by second-round technical knockout in that November 30 bout in Narva, Estonia.
The 36-year-old Helenius was beating Washington on two of three scorecards when Washington (20-3-1, 13 KOs) knocked him out in the eighth round July 13 at The Armory in Minneapolis. In Washington’s previous fight, Kownacki knocked him out in the second round last January 26 at Barclays Center.
Unlike Breazeale, Helenius at least is coming off a win. The 34-year-old Breazeale hasn’t fought since Wilder viciously knocked him out in the first round of their May 18 bout at Barclays Center.
The heavy-handed Wilder (42-0-1, 41 KOs) needed just two minutes and 17 seconds to beat Breazeale, who was Wilder’s mandatory challenger. A right hand by Wilder left Breazeale flat on his back, unable to continue.
Kownacki, meanwhile, has beaten Polish rival Artur Szpilka, Iago Kiladze, Charles Martin, Washington and Arreola in his past five fights.
Kownacki was offered a spot on the pay-per-view undercard for the Wilder-Tyson Fury rematch February 22 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. He chose to headline a show FOX will make available on free TV rather than fighting on that FOX Sports Pay-Per-View card.
i honestly think PBC doesn't really have a clue on what to do with him anymore if this comes to pass
Bigblackted4
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Lost the rematch
Bigblackted4
Superstar
For some reason I see Spence in the ring after Danny vs Redcac
Bigblackted4
Superstar
Don’t be disrespectful
The axe murderer
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Before Mayweather there was this bank robber
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malbaker86
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i honestly think PBC doesn't really have a clue on what to do with him anymore if this comes to pass
man who the hell he facing?!?!?!?!?!?
The axe murderer
For I am death and I ride on a pale horse
Them Pac left hands cleansed that nikka of all worldly desires. He now lives as a hermit shooting random fades in the wilderness.
The axe murderer
For I am death and I ride on a pale horse
Should have stopped while he got older but even then he imo beat valuev
Helenius at one time was a prospect and a clean up man
he stopped lamon brewster, siarhei liakhovich, and samuel peter and has a win over chisora
he had some injuries and never really regained form...this dude last time on american TV got ko'ed by gerald washington on a pbc card
..which is why im like...why?
shyt is gross, Luis Ortiz must have got a hell of a bag and is just chilling, Kownacki needs to be fighting betterHelenius at one time was a prospect and a clean up man
he stopped lamon brewster, siarhei liakhovich, and samuel peter and has a win over chisora
he had some injuries and never really regained form...this dude last time on american TV got ko'ed by gerald washington on a pbc card
Bigblackted4
Superstar
Kownacki don’t want that smoke
Would love to see Danny shyt on that Roger Mayweather talking boiii
reservoirdogs
Superstar
He knows Beterbiev would rip him a new a$$hole
But if he buys himself out wtf he's gonna do? Only top guy at 175 not with TR is Bivol and he'd beat Zurdo too.
Bigblackted4
Superstar
Trying to get some of that PBC money